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EU offers Ukraine €50bn more in aid while facing poverty crisis affecting 96.5mn people

EU finance ministers agree on a 50-billion-euro financial support for Ukraine, despite facing an alarming poverty rate across the bloc.

Jerome Hughes
Press TV, Brussels

EU finance ministers agree on a new 50 billion-euro financial package for Ukraine while a new report by the European Economic and Social Committee warns of rising poverty in the EU. Jerome Hughes reports from Brussels.